Notes:

From family group record by Arlene (Channell) Swecker in file.

Rachel married Jesse L. Taylor on 8 Sep 1906 in Randolph Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Taylor
2. Grace Taylor
3. Mabel Taylor
4. Sally Taylor

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 792 copy in file.
Confirmation from Arlene (Channell) Swecker family group record on Moses and
Margaret. Arlene notes that Moses died of cancer at the home of his daughter,
Eva Jane Channell, near Valley Head, WV. He became ill while in jail for
shooting Jefferson Simmons. Moses and Margaret had four children before they
married. Margaret died when her daughter Margaret Alice was born. The
children were raised by friends and relatives and were never close. Moses, Sr.
was married to Margaret's mother so they were living in same household for
some time. This area was in the mountains near Valley Head, not too far from
Swecker Ridge. Jefferson Simmons is a brother of Chesley Simmons who married
Moses' sister, Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast.

According to Jean (Snyder) Loudin, the family blamed Jefferson Simmons saying
he caused the shooting by Moses. If Moses had only shot him once he would have
been acquitted, but the fatal second shot was the reason for his conviction.

Moses married Margaret Eva Channell on 27 Apr 1874 in Beverly, Randolph Co., Wv. Margaret was born in 1857 in Randolph Co., Va; died on 23 Apr 1882 in Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information From family group records of Arlene (Channell) Swecker,
Flemington, WV, in file. Margaret died in childbirth. Marriage performed by
C. W. Upton. Margaret's brother, Jacob Conrad Channell is #4059.

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 442, copy in file.

Pendleton Co. census 1820, Randolph Co. census 1830 & 1860, Randolph Co. death record & Pendleton Co. marriage record 21 Oct. 1819 to Elizabeth Zickafoose who had been previously married to Elias Zickafoose. Married (2) to Margaret Wamsley 25 Oct. 1834, Randolph Co. marriage record, who died 11 Dec 1853, Randolph Co. death record. Married (3) Matilda Ware in 1854 (1860 Randolph Co. census) and listed as wife on her tombstone. Married (4) Eleanor Ellen (Ware) Channel, widow of Jesse Channel, 11 Sep 1865 in Randolph Co. marriage records. Eleanor died 19 Apr 1886 per Randolph Co. death records. It is thought that Moses had a fifth wife according to family tradition, however we have not been able to find verifiable proof to include the fifth wife.

Moses moved from Pendleton to Randolph County before 1830 according to census
reports and was living there in 1860. Died 26 Mar. 1869, Randolph Co. death
record. No grave marker.

Moses as son and heir to father John Arbogast, Pendleton Co. deed book 14, p.
173.

Birth records seem to indicate several children were born to the union of Moses
and Matilda Ware.

Moses married Margaret Wamsley on 25 Oct 1834 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv. Margaret was born about 1809 in Va; died on 11 Dec 1853 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Marple Cem., Conley Run, Randolph Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 449 copy in file.

D/o of Joseph Wamsley, source C.R.Leary.

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution
• Residence: 1810, Pendleton, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1820, Pendleton, Virginia, United States

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from census cited and 1787 Personal Property Tax List for
Augusta Co., VA. John listed as over 21 years of age. Born in Frederick or
Augusta Co., VA.

MARRIAGE: Date estimated but must have been before 1790.

DEATH: Will dated 20 Dec., 1820, proven on 3 Apr., 1821. Will Book 4, Page
49, Pendleton Co., VA/WV; lists children.

CENSUS: 1810 and 1820, Pendleton Co., VA/WV.

DEEDS: See deed from John Arbogast heirs and George Arbogast and his wife,
Katherine, to Henry Arbogast. Deed Book 14, pages 173 & 174, Pendleton Co.
Court Records, 1838. John in will of his father, Michael, in Pendleton Co.

HOMESTEAD: Near Circleville, across the mountain from his parents. His
children married into families from the Circleville area.

MILITARY: Private, Capt. Peter Hull's Company, 2nd Bn, Augusta Militia, 1779,
page 148, "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War", by McAllister. Pages 22
and 93, Company in battles during the Yorktown Campaign, 1781. On D.A.R. List
of Patriots from Augusta Co., VA, DAR Index, Volume II, 1979, p. 6., in file.

John married Hannah Davis in Apr 1788 in Pendelton, Virginia, West Virginia, United States. Hannah was born in 1770/1780 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died in 1830/1838 in Pendleton Co., , Va/Wv, ,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from 1810, 20 and 30 census, Augusta Co., VA, later Pendleton
Co., VA/WV.

DEATH: Living on 1830 census, not on 1840 census or deed from heirs, 1838.
Deed Book 14, Pages 171-174, Pendleton Co.

PARENTS: Unknown, maiden name from Morton's histories of Pendleton and Highland
Counties.

See notes of Spouse, John Arbogast. All information on this family from
research by Amanda Arbogast Forbes.

Regarding possible parents of Hannah; from Marian Ramona (Tracy) Bittle letter
in file, lists Davis heads of household from 1810 census and tax lists of the
period as follows: DAVIS, William, John, James, John, John, Joseph, Robert and
William.